Marshall Runkel Is Running for Portland Mayor wweek.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wweek.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A high and a low from the news of the week: The passage of a city budget that fully funds public safety is a relief for Portlanders - and also a call to better incorporate the Clean Energy Fund into budgeting. The damage from protesters occupying the Portland State University earlier this month shows a misunderstanding of what free speech and civil disobedience are about.
Rubio and Gonzalez Spar Over Clean Energy Fund wweek.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wweek.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The ordinance prohibits the use of gas-powered leaf blowers during the first eight months of each year starting in 2026, and bans them altogether beginning in 2028.
Despite being safe from a citywide 5 percent spending cut, Portland’s fire chief says the fire bureau is still staring down an $11 million budget shortfall. As a result, Portland Street Response could lose a third of its already constrained budget. During a budget workshop last Tuesday, Portland Fire Chief Ryan Gillespie said Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) expects to overspend its roughly $175 million budget by about $11 million in the 2024-25 fiscal year,.